Solidus Bioscience Protect their Research and Improve Efficiency With Amphora's PatentSafe Solution

Biotechnology and contract research company Solidus Bioscience Inc have successfully implemented Amphora's PatentSafe solution to replace their bound lab notebooks. Solidus are using PatentSafe as a fully electronic lab notebook, with digital signatures. Not only does this fit more efficiently in...

Nanostructure boosts efficiency in energy transport

CHESTNUT HILL, MA (March 3, 2009) Overcoming a critical conductivity challenge to clean energy technologies, Boston College researchers have developed a titanium nanostructure that provides an expanded surface area and demonstrates significantly greater efficiency in the transport of electrons. ...

Misys Improves Efficiency and Performance at International Bank of Qatar

LONDON, February 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Misys Learning Suite Adoption Facilitates Best-Of-Breed Training Across Bank's Network Misys plc (FTSE: MSY.L), the global application software and services company, today announces that International Bank of Qatar (IBQ) will be imp...

Proximity Systems' LAN Based Electronic Lock Management System Offers Increased Security, Efficiency and Reporting Capability for Wall-Mounted WorkStations

HOUSTON, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Proximity Systems will be announcing the availability of the LAN Based Electronic Lock Management System for use in its retractable, wall-mounted WorkStations at the 2009 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition. The new patent-pending locking system simplifies and stream...

A need for improved efficiency in nanomanufacturing

Washington, DC New research shows that environmental gains derived from the use of nanomaterials may be offset in part by the processes used to manufacture them. Research published in a special issue of the Journal of Industrial Ecology , a peer-reviewed journal owned by Yale University and hea...

Perceptive Informatics Improves Efficiency and Clinical Data Quality With Enhanced Version of EDC System

BOSTON, Oct 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perceptive Informatics, the industry's leading eClinical technology provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL ), today announced the release of an enhanced version of its award-winning DataLabs(R) Electronic Data Capt...

Research helps understand factors that influence efficiency of organic-based devices

Organic-based devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes, require a transparent conductive layer with a high work function, meaning it promotes injection of electron holes into an organic layer to produce more light. Research presented on July 8 at the International Conference on Science a...

US Oncology Manufacturing-Inspired Practice Management Model Producing Quality and Efficiency Improvements

Patient wait times down; use of resources, accuracy and new patient visits improved HOUSTON, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A new oncology practice management model adapted from a successful manufacturing process is yielding substantial results for enhancing patient acces...

New efficiency record for solar cells

The efficiency improvement is achieved by the use of an ultra-thin aluminum oxide layer at the front of the cell, and it brings a breakthrough in the use of solar energy a step closer. An improvement of more than 1 per cent (in absolute terms) may at first glance appear modest, but it can enabl...

Battelle Collaborating With Korean Partners to Advance Energy Efficiency and Health and Life Sciences Initiatives in Korea

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Developing a strong pharmaceutical industry is a key issue in Korea. So much so, that Battelle-Korea, Battelle, Chuncheon City, Gangwon Province and YuYu Inc., intend to collaborate and address the issue. A Korean corporation named International...

Caliper Life Sciences Introduces Zephyr SPE Workstation to Improve Efficiency of Solid Phase Extraction

- Automated Benchtop Workstation Aids Mass Spectrometer Analysis - HOPKINTON, Mass., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CALP ) today announced the availability of the Zephyr SPE Workstation, a benchtop solution designed to automate Solid Phase Extraction...

Elekta Announces New Cancer Care Solutions and Highlights Personalized Efficiency at ASTRO 2007

ATLANTA, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta, a global leader in radiation oncology and non-invasive neurosurgery solutions, will feature advances in cancer care at the 49th Annual Meeting of The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) that dramatically reduce treatment time...

Monsanto and Evogene Collaborate on Nitrogen Use Efficiency Research

ST. LOUIS and REHOVOT, Israel, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON ) and Evogene Ltd. (TASE: EVGN) today announced a collaboration to improve nitrogen use efficiency in corn, soybeans, canola and cotton. Under the agreement, Monsanto gains exclusive rights to a numb...

New 200 mg Vial for Eloxatin(R) (Oxaliplatin Injection) Offers Greater Convenience and Efficiency of Preparation

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanofi-aventis U.S. launched today a new 200 mg single-use vial of its chemotherapy treatment Eloxatin(R) (oxaliplatin injection) for patients who have adjuvant stage III colon cancer and advanced colorectal cancer, which is expected to offe...

Kendle Realigns C-Suite Leadership to Drive Increased Innovation, Productivity and Organizational Efficiency

CINCINNATI, July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kendle (Nasdaq: KNDL ), a leading, global full-service clinical research organization, today announced the realignment of its C-suite to strengthen its competitive position and position the Company for continued growth as a top-tier gl...

Nanocoatings boost industrial energy efficiency

AMES, Iowa -- Friction is the bane of any machine. When moving parts are subject to friction, it takes more energy to move them, the machine doesn't operate as efficiently, and the parts have a tendency to wear out over time. But if you could manufacture parts that had tough, "slippery" surfa...

New knowledge about thermoelectric materials could give better energy efficiency

Thermoelectric materials can be assembled into units, which can transform the thermal difference to electrical energy or vice versa electrical current to cooling. An effective utilization requires however that the material supplies a high voltage and has good electrical, but low thermal conductiv...

On the boil: New nano technique significantly boosts boiling efficiency

Troy, N.Y. Whoever penned the old adage "a watched pot never boils" surely never tried to heat up water in a pot lined with copper nanorods. A new study from researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that by adding an invisible layer of the nanomaterials to the bottom of a metal ve...

UC San Diego nanostructures will raise thin-film solar cell efficiency

Thanks to nanostructures that scatter and channel light, University of California, San Diego electrical engineers are working toward thin-film single junction solar cells with the potential for nearly 45 percent sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiencies. This UC San Diego effort to break the...

Boston College, MIT researchers achieve dramatic increase in thermoelectric efficiency

CHESTNUT HILL/CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 20, 2008 - Researchers at Boston College and MIT have used nanotechnology to achieve a major increase in thermoelectric efficiency, a milestone that paves the way for a new generation of products from semiconductors and air conditioners to car exhaust systems...

U.S. manufacturing benefits if utilities can assist them with energy efficiency efforts

As is so often the case with any form of legislation, each individual law represents a compromise built around a coalition of diverse forces. In the case of energy and electricity, one needs to look no further than the way most states reward regulated utilities for providing electricity. Each utili...

Alfalight increases laser efficiency for DOD program

Project supported by Department of Defense program MADISON, Wis. Alfalight, Inc. , a Wisconsin-based diode laser manufacturer, recently demonstrated 65 percent total power conversion efficiency in its 970 nm laser material at a conference in Albuquerque, N.M. This step toward the eventual goa...

Energy efficiency is no longer the Rodney Dangerfield of energy

Wisconsin's Case for Combining Efficiency and Renewables into an Energy Portfolio Energy Efficiency is finally being recognized as an important component to America' energy future. In particular, states like Pennsylvania have begun discussion about including Energy Efficiency into what many st...

Brady appoints GE efficiency expert as CTO

Milwaukee, Wis. - Brady Corp. , a manufacturer of identification solutions, including signs and labels, has announced the appointment of Robert Tatterson to the position of chief technology officer. Tatterson, who brings expertise in process and product innovation, materials development, and ...

cAMP DataFile: Homogenous Cyclic AMP detection using High Efficiency Fluorescence Polarization

A Sensitive, Robust, Homogenous, and Rapid Assay Uses High Efficiency Fluorescence Polarization (HEFP) detection method Detects pmol amounts of cAMP Optimized for cell extract and enzyme preparations Requires no separation or wash steps Available in a kit and in bu...

TKXtra DataFile: Homogenous tyrosine kinase detection using High Efficiency Fluorescence Polarization

A Sensitive, Robust, Homogenous,and Rapid Assay Uses High Efficiency Fluorescence Polarization (HEFP) detection method Assays a broad range of tyrosine kinases Requires no separation or wash steps Available in a kit and in bulk packaging Introduction Sc...

Improving the Efficiency of Common Filtration Tasks in your Laboratory

In biological research laboratories, filtration techniques are performed to sterilize and clarify culture media, fine particles in solvents and buffers, and separate and purify samples for processing. In most cases, filtration can be performed faster when a vacuum is applied. ...

Amplification Efficiency of TaqMan Gene Expression Assays

TaqMan Gene Expression Assays average 100% efficiency (+/- 10%). Abstract Applied Biosystems has designed and manufactured over 40,000 real-time PCR assays for measuring the expression of genes in humans, mice, and rats. TaqMan Gene Expression Assays each consist ...

Increased Transfer Efficiency Using a Discontinuous Buffer System With the Trans-Blot SD Cell

Semi-dry transfer has traditionally been a fast but inefficient method for transferring all the protein from a gel. By using a discontinuous buffer system, transfer efficiency can be greatly increased. In protein blotting...

Monitoring transfection efficiency by green fluorescent protein (GFP) detection with the Agilent 2100 bioanalyzer

This Application Note describes how the Agilent 2100 bioanalyzer and the Cell Fluorescence LabChip kit can be used to determine the efficiency of transfection of mammalian cells using green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a ...

Enhancing PCR* Efficiency with MasterTaq

Bodo Eickhoff and Jrgen van der Bosch Experimental Immunopharmacology, Research Center Borstel, Parkallee 22, D-23845 Borstel, Germany. Tel.: +49 4537 188458 Fax: +49 4537 188404 email: jvdbosch@fz-borstel.de ...

Highest Transfection Efficiency of an Endotoxin-Sensitive Mammalian Cell Line

Achieve superior transfection efficiencies with StrataPrep midiprep kit Scott Basehore Jeff Braman Stratagene Plasmid DNA was purified with Stratagenes StrataPrep EF plasmid midiprep kit, a kit based on anion exchange chromatography, magn...

API Improves Hospital Efficiency

HARTFORD, WI - A Wisconsin heath information technology software vendor that develops specialized hospital staffing and management software is expanding its solutions to include a module that will integrate personnel, time and attendance records with data from other hospital computer systems. ...

Wisconsin ignores Energy Priority Statutes call for conservation and efficiency

Gomer Pyle to the State of Wisconsin: "Citizens Arrest! Citizens Arrest!" Before I discuss the fact that the State of Wisconsin has failed to enforce its own state energy source priority statutes, I probably need to explain the Gomer Pyle joke. For those of you too young to remember and for...

A New Way to Assess siRNA Delivery Efficiency

Assess GAPDH siRNA delivery in less time for a fraction of the cost of real-time PCR Analyze from one to 96 samples simultaneously Measure both GAPDH siRNA-induced knockdown AND transfection-induced toxicity Use with Silencer ...

Plastics that convert light to electricity could have a big impact

... conditions are most likely to meet the 10 percent efficiency goal. As researchers approach that threshold, ...baking time, bubble size, channel connectivity and efficiency has been difficult to understand. Some models used... can make it difficult to understand just how much efficiency can be engineered into a polymer, Ginger said. ...

Rapid heating prepares energy-saving zeolite for greater role in industrial separations

...r Professor of chemical engineering and materials science at the University of Minnesota, says RTP shows promise in achieving greater yield and energy efficiency in zeolite membrane production. Tsapatsis' group reported its results in an article titled "Grain Boundary Defect Elimination in a Zeolite Membrane...

ERT Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

...imately requires that they be performed. As previously announced, we consolidated our customer care teams in Philadelphia and continue to improve the efficiency of our operations. This resulted in increases in our margins in the second quarter and will positively impact our cost base in the future. We believ...

Biopolymers Symposium 2009 Teams with Carbonfund.org to Create a Zero-Carbon Event

...nesses to reduce carbon dioxide emissions they are responsible for in their everyday lives by supporting third-party verified renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects where they are most cost effective. Carbonfund.org has over 450,000 individual supporters and works with over 1,200 busines...

NIST scientists study how to stack the deck for organic solar power

...believes that if these cells can exceed 10 percent efficiency and 10,000 hours of life, technology adoption will...lymers and the bottom edge of the film, the cell's efficiency will be reduced. By applying X-ray absorption m...om, both of which could improve the photovoltaic's efficiency or lifetime. "We've identified some key paramet...